Stack Cake

Name: Stack Cake
Ingredients: 3/4 c. shortening; 1 c. sugar; 1 c. molasses; 3 eggs; 1 c. buttermilk; 4 c. all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp. soda; 2 tsp. baking powder; 3 c. cooked dried apples; 1 1/2 c. sugar; 1 tsp. cinnamon; 1/4 tsp. allspice

12 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

3/4 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
1 c. molasses
3 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. soda
2 tsp. baking powder
3 c. cooked dried apples
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. allspice

Directions

1

Dress a pair of half grown chickens, split down one side of backbone, cut breastbone so fowl will lay flat in roast pan.
2

Let remain on ice overnight, then place in roaster, breasts downward. Add a lump of butter and three teacups of boiling water, salt and let gently simmer on top of stove three hours, adding very small quantities of water as needed.
3

Let fowl fry down in liquor; place on flat hot dish with spatula, breast upward.
4

Pour a rich cream gravy around fowl and garnish with parsley.
5

Flour that has been previously browned should be used in making gravy.